About this season
Host and everyman Mike Rowe gets the grimy scoop on downright nasty occupations.
Episodes (11)
1. Fish Squeezer
Aired 13 December 2011 • 60 min
Mike travels to New Mexico to work as a Fish Squeezer with the Department of Game and Fish. Then he heads to Virginia to practice the ancient art of pet acupuncture on a goat named Lilly.
2. Fossil Hunter
Aired 20 December 2011 • 60 min
Mike travels to a remote area near Moab, Utah, to take on the job of being a paleontologist.
3. Doomsday Seed Banker
Aired 27 December 2011 • 60 min
Mike assists the Millennium Seed Bank Project, which preserves seeds that could be replanted following a catastrophic event, at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
4. Water Softener Technician
Aired 3 January 2012 • 60 min
Mike becomes a water softener technician in Minnesota, and works as a coin washer at a San Francisco hotel.
5. Barber's Assistant
Aired 10 January 2012 • 60 min
Mike works at a barber shop in Mobile, Ala., and visits California to work as a landfill operator.
6. Mardi Gras Bladder Banger
Aired 17 January 2012 • 60 min
Working with the Knights of Revelry, a 137-year-old secret society, Mike Rowe assembles evil-spirit-warding cow bladders for the Knights Mardi Gras parade float.
7. Medical Waste Disposal Expert
Aired 24 January 2012 • 60 min
Mike Rowe passes a surprisingly tranquil -- and highly entertaining -- day at Medical Waste Transport, Inc. in Sioux Falls, S.D.
8. Dirty Little Bits
Aired 31 January 2012 • 60 min
Mike takes another look back at some of the unusual and quirky conversations he's had with his dirty co-workers. Using 99.9% never-before-seen footage, this special is an entertaining look at the art of communication.
9. Tower Top Hand
Aired 7 February 2012 • 60 min
A radio-communications tower rises in North Dakota; Mike visits a Hollywood soundstage to commemorate his experiences in all 50 states.
10. Onion Processor
Aired 14 February 2012 • 60 min
At Gills Onions, Mike Rowe slices, dices and tastes onions before cleaning out the juicing machine and parts of the reactor. Then, its off to the San Francisco Fire Department to help build wooden ladders.
11. Dirty Conversations 2
Aired 21 February 2012 • 60 min
There are no second takes on Dirty Jobs, and this special shows you just what happens when you point real cameras at real people and let them talk ... while in Mike Rowes presence.